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A lot has been written in the press not long ago concerning the bingo industry being hit because of the cigarette ban in England. Conditions have become so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has demanded big tax cuts to help keep the businesses from going bankrupt. However does the net version of this quintessential game present a lifeline, or might it not compare to its real life kin?

Bingo is an classic game generally enjoyed by the "blue rinse" generation. Although the game lately had experienced a recent comeback in popularity with younger members of society opting to go to the bingo halls in place of the bars on a weekend. All this is about to change with the legislating of the cigarette ban throughout United Kingdom.

Players will no longer be able to smoke whilst marking numbers. Beginning in the summer of ‘07 every public area will no longer be permitted to allow cigarettes in their venues and this includes Bingo parlours, one of the most favorite places where people like to smoke.

The effects of the anti cigarette law can already be observed in Scotland where cigarettes are already forbidden in the bingo halls. Players have plunged and the industry is absolutely struggling for its life. But where did all the players go? Obviously they haven’t deserted this age old game?

The answer is on the internet. Players are now realizing that they can gamble on bingo in front of their computer whilst enjoying a beer and fag and in the end, enjoy massive cash rewards. This is a recent development and has timed itself just about perfectly with the anti cigarette law.

Of course betting on on the net is unlikely to replace the social part of heading down to the bingo parlour, but for a demographic of players the law has left a number of bingo players with no choice.